Wardrobe suitcase



INVENTOR ATTORNEY/ J. RITTER, .JR

wAR'DnoBE su-IrcAsE Filed Nov. ivf-2'.,l 1958 E 19 l I July 1, 1941.

Patented July 1941 l 2,247-,965- WARDROBESUITCA'SE lflguliuswRtwter,, Jil,- Racine, Wis., assigner to f, .HartmannTnunkiCompanyfRacine, Wis.,` a corl poration 'ofWisconsn wiflAalplcatlniNovember 18'; Li938',--Serialf-No. 241;113

ITIL Claim. (Cl-f ISO- 41) ."'ben-f ofi fixed;- length that: thewtra'nsverse'garframe; including means' for posi-tively" locking ment folding bar is always positionediati-the -th`e"frame in anyjo'ositionwf i"adj`11stment;and

aisame" @lace-:adiacenti th'free' aedge: o'f .the'f'cover 'including means` for facilitating 'the adustm'ent whew-theframezisaposttioned in is'a'idfcover.11*Thisl` 10" operation.

'.atype of.foldingzframeiis?.usually'fcoop'eaableawith With the above Vand' 'other y'objectsnrr viewthe ffone yorrmore dia-ngel?amds=i1iemovablypositionable "invention" consists" of the Mimproved#wardrobe ai adjacent thehingerconnectioiforrth frame-fand Vsuitcase'and all ltswparts andmcombinationyas -win; spaeedi'parrallel irelationshillwith respect. to set-forth -irrt-he*claim "and ail equivaientsthereof.`

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. Itisrtherefore.ra'generalanbjectof thepresentff35 Af"\'Ref'erring more'particularly tof"f-th'--drawing, invention toprovide ai'cdnstructionwhereimlthe #the numeral 8l designates the maiiribodyfnortion wdistance betweeftheftr'ansvers'e folding :barand of a'-"suitcase,v said-=main=body portion-having a f.nthehinged:end-'ofthevgarmentfoldingframeimay `cover `9 vhingedlyffconnectedllthereto.- @The scover befvai'edV totsut requirements@wherebyfeither f-=;compris esfside Walls'IW-and -AIl; a f'rontfwallf'd :xi-longv on short1dressesimayfbelsupported Api-operlyflV and Aa1backfwall =I3. Stays -14 fof v`the iusi'iai't-ype with thea-free ends-hanging azlsunicientdistance mayfbef-femployed Vto-hold=the4fcover-inrraised subelow the transverselfoldingSbar-,to :prevent their f position vl"Slipping-"Off- ""*Pivotally-'conneoted' toy thefsides Itandl I"'of A further Object 0f theinvntion 15450 'Provide i .the cover-g` adjacent' the hinge 'connectionlfox'z' the inca-Wardrobe 311mm a garment folding xtufecl suitcase aretheside-arms l5 and' lsof a. gannem so constructed that when short garments are folding frame. These side arms may be pivotally packed there is more room between the folding connected through the medium of attaching bar and the front wall of the cover to accommobrackets as described in oo pending application date heavy material without undesirable squeezing of said material between the folding bar and 50 of Joseph Klefer Sena'l No' 232981 filed October the front wall of the cover, said additional space 3" 1938 or they may be pivor'ed on rivets extend' also being available for other Smau articles or mg through the Walls of the cover. It is possible gaments when not taken up by the garments on that the Side arms l5 and I6 be hinged in the the folding frame. main body portion of the case to swing into the A more specmc obje .of the invention is to 55 cover when the case is closed. Connected to the tends* of the arms I and I6 is a transverse garment folding bar II.

One or more garment hangers I8 may be removably supported in a carriage I9 and said carriage may be removably supported in the suitcase in the manner disclosed in the Kiefer application, Serial No. 232,981, above referred to or may be supported in any other manner. The garment hanger members I8 may also be removably positionable adjacent the hinge connection of the garment folding frame in any other well known manner. garment hanger member include either hangers of the bar type as indicated at I8 or the ordinary coat hanger type.

Each of the side arms I5 and I6 is` of identical construction, except that one is a right-hand fitting and the other a left-hand fitting, and each comprises an inner strip of material 20 having `a flattened tubular part 2l extending therefrom and secured thereto by a rivet 2l. One side of the flattened vtubular part 2l is formed withan Aelongated opening 22 and within the tubular portion 2| an outer side arm part 23 is slidable as illustrated in Figs.v 3 and 4. The inner end of the part 23 isformed with spaced apertures V24whichregister with the elongated opening 22.

Pivoted tothe rivet 2l to swing in the manner "shown in Fig. 3 is a latching strip 25 carrying 'a latching pin 26 near its free end. The latching .pink 26 isadapted to enter a selected one of the apertures 24 to lock the part 23 ina desired position of adjustment as shown in Figs. 4 and5. vA stop pin 21 is adapted to engage the inner end of the elongated opening 22 to limit the inward-movement of the part 23 and to engage the outer end of the elongated vopening 22 lto limit the outward movement and to prevent the parts of the side arms from being pulled entirely apart. A

Inorder to adjust the garment folding frame Y to a desired length ythe latching strips 25 on both f toV enterselected apertures 24 to lock the side arms ina desired position of adjustment.

VIn packing a garment in the suitcase one of thefbars I8 is removed and the garment is yfolded thereover. Next ythe bar is inserted into the suit- 4 case while the garment folding framev is` in :the

lowered dot and dash line position of Fig. y, 2.

The frame is then swung upwardly into the cover asyshown in Fig. 2,- causing the garment toj be fold-ed over the transverse bar I'I a-s at 28. The

free ends 29 of .the garment will then hang down `toward .the hinged end of the garment folding frame as shown in Fig. 2. If, however, the garmen-t folding frame were of a fixed length equal tothe dot and dash line position of Fig.V 1, as

is standard practice, and if a very short ldress were being carried, the fold line 2.8 of the garment might be so close to the 4free ends 29 that said It is contemplated that the* free ends would be in danger of slipping over the rear side of the folding .bar I'I to lie in rumpled condi-tion behind the folding frame in .the cover. Therefore, with the ,present invention, when short garments .are being carried, the folding frame is adjusted 5to a shortened position as shown in full lines in Fig. 2, so .that the free ends 29 will hang downwardly y.a sufficient distance to prevent their slippingoif of the transverse bar I l.

The present construction'is also' useful in that the distance between the garment folding bar I'I the front wall vrI 2 of the cover and no adjustment is possible.' As av resul-t when heavy material is being pack-ed` it yis frequently squeezed between the folding bar I1 yand the wall I2. The construction is further desirable because when the folding frameis adjusted .to itsvshontened position, as shown in full lines of Fig. 2, there i-s a substantial amount of space between the transverse bar I'I and `the front `wal-l I 2 ofthe cover in which smallarticles such as stockings, handkerohiefs or the like may be packed, to beheld in place by the retaining curtain 30 when the latter is hooked on tothefhook3l,V4 Y n While theconstruction has particular utility in connection: with a garment folding frame for use in cooperation with garment hangers such as the hangers I8,l it also has utility iny connection with garment folding frames used alone and it is obviously n-ot essential ythat the garment folding `frame be pivoted adjacent the hingeconnection for the case as the invention has utility in connection with frames swing'able upwardly adjacent the front wall of the main body of the case.; f

Various other. changes and modifications may be made with-out departing from the spirit of the invention and .all of such ychanges are contemplated .as may come within the scope lof the claim. Y

What I claim is:

- In aswingable garmentV folding frame having j spaced side arms, a transverse garment folding bar -connecting said side arms, `each side arm being formed of telescopic sections, one of said sections of each side arm havingV a tubular part formed with an elongated slot therein, and a 'second section of each side arm having a porv through the elongated vslot of the first 'section with a selected apertureof the second sectionto lock'thesecti-ons in a selected. position of .ad-

jjustment, said latching strip. when in locking position covering :the elongated slot of the-tubular part of the first section. Y

.Y v JULIUS RITTER, JR. 

